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Tenth Doctor quotes from Doctor Who

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4th most-quoted character in Doctor Who: in 177 of its 1,966 quotes
Most scenes with: Donna (26), Rose Tyler (23), Martha Jones (14)

Scenes with Tenth Doctor 155

The Doctor will open the Ark!

DThe Doctor

[chuckles] The Doctor will not.

You have no way of resisting!

DThe Doctor

Mm, you got me there. [pulls out his sonic screwdriver.] Although, there is always this.

A sonic probe?

DThe Doctor

That's screwdriver!

It is harmless.

DThe Doctor

Oh, yes. Harmless is just the word. That's why I like it! Doesn't kill, doesn't wound, doesn't maim. But I'll tell you what it does do. It is very good at opening doors. [The Doctor activates the screwdriver and the doors explode inwards; Jake's squad and some Cybermen enter and open fire.]

[The Doctor is projecting a hologram into the parallel world containing Rose]

Where are you?

DThe Doctor

Inside the TARDIS. There's one tiny little gap in the universe left, just about to close. And it takes a lot of power to send this projection; I'm in orbit around a supernova. I'm burning up a sun, just to say goodbye.

DThe Doctor

Rose Tyler. Defender of the Earth. You're dead, officially, back home. So many people died that day, and you've gone missing. You're on a list of the dead. Here you are, living a life day after day. The one adventure I can never have.

(breaking down) Am I ever gonna see you again?

DThe Doctor

You can't.

What are you gonna do?

DThe Doctor

Oh, I've got the TARDIS. Same old life, last of the Time Lords.

On your own?

[The Doctor nods his head]

I... I love you.

DThe Doctor

Quite right, too. And I suppose, if it's my last chance to say it... Rose Tyler...

[The transmission cuts]

Oi! No stupid Martian is gonna stop me from getting married. To hell with you!

DThe Doctor

[tiredly] I'm... I'm not... I'm not-I'm not from Mars...

[Donna and the Doctor try to hail cabs. With no success.]

DThe Doctor

Do you have this effect on everyone? Why aren't they stopping?

They think I'm in fancy dress.

TDTaxi Driver

Stay off the scotch, darlin'!

They think I'm drunk.

[Another car passes.]

DPDriver and Passenger

You're fooling no one, mate!

They think I'm in drag!

DThe Doctor

Oh, is that what she's offered you, the Empress of the Racnoss? What are you, her consort?

LLance

[glances at Donna] It's better than a night with her.

But I love you.

LLance

That's what made it easy. It's like you said, Doctor. The big picture. What's the point of it all if the human race is nothing? That's what the Empress can give me. The chance to... to go out there to see it, the size of it all. I think you understand that, don't you, Doctor?

[The Doctor shuts down the Empress' roboforms]

DThe Doctor

Guess what I've got, Donna? [holds up the roboform remote control] Pockets!

[surprised] How did that fit in there?

DThe Doctor

They're bigger on the inside.

EEmpress

Roboforms are not necessary. My children may feast on Martian flesh!

DThe Doctor

Oh, but I'm not from Mars.

EEmpress

Then where?

DThe Doctor

My home planet is far away and long since gone. But its name lives on: Gallifrey.

SMr. Stoker

There's a thunderstorm moving in and lightning is a form of static electricity, as was first proven by—anyone?

DThe Doctor

Benjamin Franklin.

SMr. Stoker

Correct.

DThe Doctor

My mate Ben. That was a day and a half: I got rope burns off that kite, and then I got soaked...

SMr. Stoker

Quite.

DThe Doctor

...and then I got electrocuted!

SMr. Stoker

[now ignoring him] Moving on. [to a nurse] I think perhaps a visit from Psychiatric.

DThe Doctor

You're talking like you're some sort of alien.

FFlorence

Quite so.

DThe Doctor

[feigning shock] No!

FFlorence

Oh, yes.

DThe Doctor

You're joshing me!

FFlorence

I am not.

DThe Doctor

I'm talking to an alien? In hospital?! What, has this place got an E.T. department or something?

[bewildered upon entering the TARDIS] How does it do that? It's wood! It's like a box with that room just crammed in. It's... [The Doctor mouths the next few words along with her] bigger on the inside!

DThe Doctor

[sarcastically] Is it?!?! I hadn't noticed! [The Doctor Throws His Trenchcoat On a Coral] Right then, Let's get going!

[After travelling to 1599] But are we safe? Can we move around and stuff?

DThe Doctor

Of course we can. Why do you ask?

It's like in the films! You step on a butterfly, you change the future of the human race!

DThe Doctor

[Bemused] I'll tell you what, then: don't...step on any butterflies. What have butterflies ever done to you?

What if...I dunno! What if I kill my grandfather?!

DThe Doctor

Are you planning to?

No.

DThe Doctor

Well, then.

DThe Doctor

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light..."

WSWilliam Shakespeare

I might use that.

DThe Doctor

You can't, it's someone else's.

DThe Doctor

Come on! We can all have a good flirt later!

SShakespeare

Is that a promise, Doctor?

DThe Doctor

Oooh, 57 academics just punched the air!

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